A Wauwatosa police detective was charged Monday with stealing prescription drugs from the department's evidence room.

Robin L. Schumacher, 38, faces counts of misdemeanor theft and two felonies, drug possession and misconduct in public office.

According to the criminal complaint:

As part of an annual purge of property no longer needed as evidence, a police clerk was going through drugs destined for destruction July 11 and noticed they didn't match an inventory list and couldn't be located elsewhere.

An investigation revealed Schumacher on surveillance video entering the police station at times that correlated to electronic records of someone entering the evidence room six times in June and July.

Surveillance was set up for July 16, when Schumacher again entered the evidence room with a standard key — she was not given an electronic pass key and was not authorized to enter the evidence storage area.

Video showed her in the evidence room with two plastic bags, and then returning to her desk and removing items from the bags.

She was found in possession of a variety of drugs and admitted to investigators she had stolen the pills, and others, because she was addicted to painkillers.